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What Does HUNGER Look Like?

What Does HUNGER Look Like?. Hunger and malnutrition affects both the body and the mind. The more malnourished someone is — in other words, the more nutrients that are missing — the more likely he or she is to have problems, both in the short term and in the long term.

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What Does HUNGER Look Like?

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  1. What Does HUNGER Look Like? Hunger and malnutrition affects both the body and the mind. The more malnourished someone is — in other words, the more nutrients that are missing — the more likely he or she is to have problems, both in the short term and in the long term.

  2. Mid Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) Measure

  3. What happens when a child is severely malnourished or starving: Medical care is required IF available.

  4. What happens when a child is moderately malnourished: Plumpy-nut — a fortified peanut butter stuffed with milk and vitamins — is saving many lives in Africa, where millions of people face severe food shortages and many children suffer with kwashiorkor.

  5. Plumpy Nut • Peanut paste • Powered milk • Vitamins

  6. What happens when a community is suffering malnutrition and the rains have not come: Food Aid, along with seeds for planting

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